This is in reply to whether you should get a kindle vs going to the library or bookstore for a book; I have had a kindle2 for about a year now! a belated christmas gift to myself-it didn't come in until almost march; because the demand was so great. so far, I love my kindle, but I admit that I use both the library and my kindle. Im retired now so I'm currently in 4 bookclubs, and reading about a book a week. I love my kindle, but knowing what page im on is a detrament, I have also spoke to other women that have a kindle and they say the same thing. It's somthing that I guess you have to get used to. But I have to admit the different sizes of the types are nice since I'm older now and wearing reading glasses all day gives me a headach, being able to adjust the type size helps when I just cant wear my glasses at the end of the day. Also the books that are speech enabled are a joy to read along with the computer generated speech. I admit I still use the Library; but sometimes living in New Orleans, the library doesn't have the popular fiction titles available that I read for bookclub. Being able to download them in a minute for less than the bookstore price has been a pleasure. My bill to Amazon will prove that! LOL But, just a while ago I have been discovering that people have been voulenteering to put the Old Classics up in digital format-with text to speech, that are free of charge! what a joy that is, since now I'm living in an apartment; far away from my home, and don't have the room to stack a library. Amazon keeps a record of all of your purchases-even if they are 0. so when your done reading the book, you can just archive it. and if you want it back, call it back!!! Also, if you have a family-or group of friends that are readers, you can share one copy of a book on 6 different kindles, so that is a real savings, if you have a bookclub that wants all of the latest-new books, the drawback is that one person has to be the facilitator of the account and take the responsibility of monitoring the charges to that account. I hear that Amazon is comming out with a international version of kindle for this christmas season. I hope this review helps!!! Bshimoura
Kindle vs real books
By bshimouraSat, 11/28/2009 - 12:31
This is in reply to whether you should get a kindle vs going to the library or bookstore for a book; I have had a kindle2 for about a year now! a belated christmas gift to myself-it didn't come in until almost march; because the demand was so great. so far, I love my kindle, but I admit that I use both the library and my kindle. Im retired now so I'm currently in 4 bookclubs, and reading about a book a week. I love my kindle, but knowing what page im on is a detrament, I have also spoke to other women that have a kindle and they say the same thing. It's somthing that I guess you have to get used to. But I have to admit the different sizes of the types are nice since I'm older now and wearing reading glasses all day gives me a headach, being able to adjust the type size helps when I just cant wear my glasses at the end of the day. Also the books that are speech enabled are a joy to read along with the computer generated speech. I admit I still use the Library; but sometimes living in New Orleans, the library doesn't have the popular fiction titles available that I read for bookclub. Being able to download them in a minute for less than the bookstore price has been a pleasure. My bill to Amazon will prove that! LOL But, just a while ago I have been discovering that people have been voulenteering to put the Old Classics up in digital format-with text to speech, that are free of charge! what a joy that is, since now I'm living in an apartment; far away from my home, and don't have the room to stack a library. Amazon keeps a record of all of your purchases-even if they are 0. so when your done reading the book, you can just archive it. and if you want it back, call it back!!! Also, if you have a family-or group of friends that are readers, you can share one copy of a book on 6 different kindles, so that is a real savings, if you have a bookclub that wants all of the latest-new books, the drawback is that one person has to be the facilitator of the account and take the responsibility of monitoring the charges to that account. I hear that Amazon is comming out with a international version of kindle for this christmas season. I hope this review helps!!! Bshimoura